When staff at Burchell High School in Wasilla, Alaska, discovered Melissa McGraw was living in a fifth-wheel trailer with her husband and daughter, members of the school community began to raise money to build the family a cabin. McGraw, 20, talks about spending many of her teen years nearly homeless and receiving help now. (Video by Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News)
Video: With help, Melissa McGraw hopes to give her daughter a better home
Published: October 27, 2012
2012-10-28T02:07:40Z Anchorage_Daily_News
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